Water-closet



(NoMod eL) W. S. COOPER.

WATER CLOSET.

Patented June 26 inventor." lfl'llj mdi (M ller,

' t/lllorlwy UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFIcE.

WI LIAM s. eooPna, onrmmonnrma, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LttersPatent; No. 385,167, dated. an. 26,1888 Application filed DecPmhcrBO, 1886. Serial No. 222,966. (Nouiodck)7 T0 all lull/012? it may concern:

Be it known that 1', WILLIAM S. COOPER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have inv nted certainImprovements in Water-Closes, of which the following is a specification.I

One object of my invention is to provide means for hinging the seat orlid of a' watercloset to the earthenware bowl without risk of breakageof the latter due tostrain upon the hinge, a further object being toprevent excessive strain upon the hinge when .the seat is thrownforcibly down upon the bowl. These objects I attain in the manner whichI will now proceed to describe, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a watercloset bowlwith seat hinged thereto in acseat F of the closet.

cordance with my invention,. the seat being shown in the raisedposition. Figs. 2, S, and 4 are sections of parts of the hingestructure, illustrating features of my invention. Fig. 5 is a.perspective view showing part of the bowl of the closet and thehingeplatcs detached from the bowl and seat, and Fig. 6 is a sectionalview illustrating a modification of part of the invention.

The hinging of the lids or seats of water'- closets directly to theearthenware bowls has been hitherto regarded as objectionable, for

the reason that the strain upon the hinge is likely to fracture thebowl. If this objection can be overcome, however, it is an advantage tobe able to hinge the seat or lid directly to the bowl, as the structurein that case will be self contained and. can be set up in any positiondesired without regard to the provision of outside means for hingingsaid seat or lid.

In carrying out my invention I secure to each side of the bowl A of thecloset a plate, B, havinga projecting pin, (1, whichis adapted to asocket, d, on a plate, D, secured to the Lateral openings or recessesare formed in the side walls of the bowl A for the reception or thescrew-boltsfiwherethreaded and screwed into a bushing, h, of

rubber or other elastic material, which has previously been driventightly into the opening or recess in the bowl. onlyare the plates Bfirmly secured .to the bowl A of the closet, butan'elastie medium isinterposed between the confining-bolts and the material-of thebowl, sothat the latter cannot be subjected to such injurious shocks or jars aswould tend to fracture the same. The bolts f may, if desired, be screweddirectly into the By this means not secured to the under side ofthesea-t, (see. Fig.

4,) this gasket being of rubber or other elastic material, and servingto form a buffer to pre-. vent contact of the seat with thebowl' whensaid seat is thrown forcibly down upon the bowl, excessive strain uponthc'hinge being thus overcome. prevent the escape of any odor betweenthe upper edge of the bowl and the seat.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the earthenware bowl ofawatencloset, hinge-plates for the lid or scat, securing-bolts for saidplates adapted to recessesin the bowl, and elastic bushings interposedbetween said bolts and the walls of the recesses, all substantially asspecified.

2. The combination of the bowl having recesses.- the hinge plates, theconfining bolts therefor, elastic bushings adapted to the re eesses ofthe bowl, and sleeves confined to said bushings and receiving theboltswhich secure the llii'igeplates, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

IVILLIAM S. COOPER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. CONNER, HARRY SMITH.

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